GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| clime | climate |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| hortatory | hortative |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| application | an act of applying: |